Yey this is now officially my longest story in terms of chapters :D I know, 11 chapters is not that long, but hey, it's my longest fan fiction. I hope you like this chapter, it's just going to be a bit of a fun one, I think. I would be verrrry happy if you reviewed, haha.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Pulsating music and flashing lights filled the large space of an old Brooklyn warehouse that had been turned into a club.

This was Nancy and her friends' last night in New York, and they'd decided to have some fun in the big city before going camping again. Nancy, Ned and George had had some fun playing sports in Central Park that day, but Bess had never come home. She's texted again in the morning to say she was going to spend the day with Tommy, but that she'd meet them that night at the club they were currently at.

The club was packed to the max, and Nancy knew that finding Bess in the sea of sweaty bodies would be a mission.

"Want a drink?" Ned shouted to her and George over the music.

Nancy and George both nodded. "Just a beer, please," George said, handing him a couple of bills.

Ned nodded and turned to Nancy. "Nan?"

Nancy shrugged. "You pick. We're going to look for Bess. Meet you over by the fish tank in ten minutes," she said, kissing his cheek and linking her arm with George's, pulling her through the crowd.

Despite the masses of people, Nancy had to admit, this was a great nightclub. The theme and name of the place was Under The Sea. Everything was painted in shades of blue, and sequined blue fabric hung from the ceiling like waves, the colored lights reflecting off it. A huge fish tank lined one wall, with an array of tropical fish and crabs.

The bar was themed, too, Nancy noticed as she watched Ned make his way over there. It was made of hundreds of pieces of blue glass with those little fish tank crystals between the pieces. The drinks the bar tenders were serving were mostly some kind of colorful cocktail, with some kind of blue Vodka being the specialty.

"This is some place!" George exclaimed. "We have some cool places in River Heights, but not on this scale."

Nancy nodded in agreement. The DJ was playing a great electro-Latin beat, and Nancy wanted to dance, but George was suddenly pulling her toward the bathroom, where she'd just spotted Bess.

"George! Nancy!" Bess yelled over the music. "Hey! Oh. My. God. Guess what?"

Nancy and George looked at each other. "What?"

Bess pulled them down the hall to where it was a bit more quiet and turned to her friends excitedly. "Guess, what I did last night?"

"Stayed the night with Tommy?" George said.

Bess sipped her drink and rolled her eyes. "Duh. But guess what we did."

Nancy and George shrugged. "Kissed, made up for lost time," Nancy teased.

"Well, yeah," Bess agreed, "But we did a bit more than kiss. Quite a bit more, actually," she said with a typical Bess giggle.

George raised her eyebrows. "When you say 'quite a bit more,' you mean…?"

Bess jumped up and down. "Uh huh!"

Nancy frowned. "Bess, you only just saw Tommy again- and you went and, well, lost it to him the first night?"

Bess' smiled faded. "I thought you guys would be happy for me."

"We are," Nancy managed to say, "It's just kind of a shock, that's all."

George nodded in agreement. "But, you obviously don't regret it, which is good."

Bess shook her head vigorously. "No way! It was amazzzzing! Tommy is like, sooo, hot in that department." Her smile returned to full wattage.

Nancy nodded. "So, what was it like? You know, the actual act," she said, blushing. The three of them had talked about this before, but it was before any of them had actually done it. And Nancy had always sort of thought that she and Ned would be first, just because of the fact that they'd been together so long.

Bess grinned. "Well, you know, kinda weird at first. The third time was the best," she said with another giggle.

"Three!" George exclaimed. "Bess!"

Bess laughed. "Actually, it was four. Hey, there's my little love muffin now. Tommy!" With that, she dashed off again, oblivious to Nancy and George's shocked expressions.

"She was so drunk," George said at last.

Nancy nodded. "Is it just me, or are you hoping as much as I am that she's so drunk she messed up the details of what happened last night?"

George nodded in agreement. "I wish- but I don't think so. She was just tipsy. I just know she's gonna regret this later."

Nancy agreed. The two of them were weaving back through the crowded club to meet Ned at the fish tank. He handed George her beer, and Nancy one of the blue vodka's she'd seen everyone earlier.

"You two were gone a while," Ned stated, sipping his own drink.

Nancy nodded, leaning against her boyfriend. "A little situation with Bess."

Just then a handsome guy in a white shirt cam up to them, politely asking George to dance. With a quick wave to Nancy and Ned, she disappeared into the blue sea.

Ned pulled Nancy closer, resting his free hand on her lower back. "So, what's this situation with Bess about?" he asked casually.

Nancy sighed. "Well, you know that she spent the night with Tommy."

Ned nodded.

"Well, what you don't know is that she slept with him. And I don't mean in the literal sense like you and I do," Nancy said with a frown.

"Ohhh-kay, so they had sex," Ned stated, kissing her nose. "Why do you look so worried?"

Nancy shrugged. "I don't know, Ned. It's just, I think Bess is going to regret this. And I don't want to see her get hurt," she shrugged again, "But maybe I'm just being a tight-ass, and it's not that big of a deal. Just because sex is important to me in the fact that I think your first time should be special, with someone special. Not just an ex-boyfriend you haven't seen in a year or so."

Ned smiled, brushing her hair away from her face. "I agree with you, but like you said, everyone has different opinions. Bess made that choice, it's up to her to deal with the consequences." He placed his and Nancy's now empty glasses on a nearby table and grabbed her hand. "I don't know about, you, but I think a little dancing is in order!"

Nancy laughed, grabbing his out stretched hand and letting him lead her to the dance floor. "I think you're right!"

Sorry, weird place to stop, but it's a beautiful day and I want to go outside, lol. Please let me know what you thought! : ) I will carry on right from here next chapter.